What are the Speckle Park?
What do they look like? What Size are they? What are their merits?
These are all questions you will want to answers to before deciding whether or not to invest in the breed.
Speckle Park come in a variety of colors but the perferred color pattern are the speckled animals. They are predominatly black with white topline and underline, with speckled hips and sometimes shoulders and with a black or black roan face. The second color pattern is the leopard pattern. It is similar to the speckled pattern but there are definaite black spots on the animal instead of just speckles. The white animals with some black hair on the body are considered 'leopards'. The third color pattern is the 'white' pattern. The white animals have white hair on the body and face but have black points, ie. eyes, ears, nose, and hooves. Only the females of this color pattern are eligible for identification.
Speckle Parks are a moderate size animal. Mature Cows weight in at about 1200 lbs. and mature bulls at 2000 lbs. or better. Calves average 75 lbs. at birth and wean at about 550 - 575 lbs. The animals are polled, thus saving their owners the extra time and expence of dealing with horns or scurs.
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